This presentation takes an in-depth look into a growing issue - texting and driving. By revealing some shocking statistics, this slideshow could save your life.

1. Image Courtesy of: arizonaguardian By: Andrew Bassin

2. Hey mom, I’m gonna be a little late…. Image Courtesy of lucamegh

3. Hey mom, I’m gonna be a little late…. What happened? Everything ok? Image Courtesy of lucamegh

4. Hey mom, I’m gonna be a little late…. What happened? Everything ok? I got into an accident as I was texting Bob Image Courtesy of lucamegh

5. Hey mom, I’m gonna be a little late…. What happened? Everything ok? I got into an accident as I was texting Bob :O glad u r ok… we’ll talk more when you get home Image Courtesy of lucamegh

6. Don’t let this be you Hey mom, I’m gonna be a little late…. What happened? Everything ok? I got into an accident as I was texting Bob :O glad u r ok… we’ll talk more when you get home Image Courtesy of lucamegh

7. For every 6 secondsof drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes off the road. Image Courtesy of: neilpomerleau

8. This makes textingthe most distracting of all cell phone related tasks Image Courtesy of: JoeyDigits

9. Texting while driving is about6 times more likely to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated Image Courtesy of Dugfresh

10. Image Courtesy of: susankinidaho Textingwhile driving increases crash risk 23-fold

11. Image Courtesy of: GriDD By contrast, talkingon a cell phone, represented an increased risk of only 1.3 times that of a non-distracted driver

12. Image Courtesy of: GriDD More than 112 million people use cell phones in the U.S., and an estimated 85% of them use their phones while driving. A a

13. Image Courtesy of: nobleup Each year 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage

14. Image Courtesy of: SoxIn18 Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignorecell phone driving restrictions

15. Image Courtesy of: mivox In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 6,000 people die each year as a result of using cellphones while driving

16. They estimated that another 500,000are injured Image Courtesy of: peacockcards

17. Image Courtesy of: Car and Driver – in sources Car and Driver study compares reaction times of ``Reading, Texting and Impaired``

18. It is not worth the consequences Image Courtesy of: grilled cheese It is againstthe law

19. Image Courtesy of: Gnerk If you’re caught talking or texting while driving, you could face a $500 fine… if you put someone else at risk you could receive up to $1,000fine

20. Image Courtesy of: Angeles Xtrae-zine Over 60% of American teens admit to riskydriving, and nearly half of those thatadmit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel

21. The Auto-Reply application will help change the texting habits that lead to dangerous driving. Image Courtesy of: PMC 1stPix

22. Image Courtesy of: Marshall Astor REMEMBERYoucanstoptexting and driving

23. Images Courtesy of: annputput Put It Down is a campaign similar to that of MADD, spreading information about texting and driving – below is one of their awareness advertisements.

24. Think you have the texting and driving thing down? You do NOT Save a life—maybe even your own. Sign Oprah's No Phone Zone pledge Image Courtesy of: M1che11eM

25. Image Courtesy of: ~FreeBirD®~ We have a long road ahead… for that drive, can you stay off your phone?

26. Thank You and Drive Safely There is a light at the end of the tunnel Image Courtesy of: jhh510110...

27. Sources of Information and Interesting Articles Image Courtesy of: gl0ucester http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q2/texting_while_driving_how_dangerous_is_it_-feature http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2008/09/22/texting-driving.html http://handsfreeinfo.com/canadian-cell-phone-law-updates http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100924/texting-while-driving-in-the-us-100926/ http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/07/28/texting-while-driving-more-dangerous-than-being-drunk.aspx http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2010/09/13/texting-while-driving-how-dangerous-is-it/

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